3 Marriages of Scarlett Johansson and Reasons Behind Her Past Divorces

So why did Scarlett Johansson’s first two marriages end in divorce? And what makes the third one feel different, dare we say, sustainable?

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Scarlett Johansson might not have had more wedding rings than there are Infinity Stones, but her marriages came with just as many highs, lows, and emotional explosions.

Yes, the Marvel actress has been married not once, not twice, but three times.

From Hollywood heartthrob Ryan Reynolds to French intellectual Romain Dauriac and now to Saturday Night Live’s sharpest pen, Colin Jost, Johansson’s romantic timeline reads like a trilogy of love, ambition, and painful lessons in compatibility.

Despite recently sharing a surprise kiss with Jurassic World: Rebirth co-star Jonathan Bailey (yes, that happened, right on the premiere carpet), her real-life love story lies elsewhere.

Johansson is happily married to Colin Jost, with whom she shares a son.

In this article, we’ll unpack all the whos, whens, whys, and ‘what-went-wrongs’ behind Scarlett Johansson’s three marriages.

Ah… this is one heart-led trilogy that didn’t need a sequel.

Inside Scarlett Johansson’s first marriage to Ryan Reynolds

Johansson and Reynolds began dating shortly after his split from Alanis Morissette in early 2007. Ryan Reynolds in Adventureland | Credit: Miramax

One celebrity couple that often slips through the cracks of pop culture memory is the brief, blink-and-you-miss-it marriage of Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds.

Their story begins in early 2007, when the Deadpool star quietly untethered himself from his engagement to Alanis Morissette (per PEOPLE).

Barely two calendar pages later, he was seen stepping out with Johansson.

By September 2008, they had tied the knot in an unpublicized ceremony, shrouded in secrecy and stripped of spectacle (via InStyle).

But like a candle left burning in a drafty hallway, their marriage flickered out.

She shared:

We work and then go home and — I, anyway — just stare at the wall for a few hours before I go to sleep.

Like in any profession, it’s difficult.

You want to make sure you have time to invest in your family.

It’s a challenge, but it’s worth it.

By 2010, the pair had called time on their relationship, with the ink on their divorce papers drying the following July, per ELLE.

Why Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds got divorced

So what happened? In a 2016 sit-down with Cosmopolitan (via E! News), Scarlett Johansson offered a rare glimpse into the strain, reflecting on the minefield of dating within the same profession.

Scarlett Johansson has been married three times: to Ryan Reynolds, Romain Dauriac, and Colin Jost.
Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow | Credit: Marvel Studios

She said:

The logistics of being with another actor are challenging.

There has to be a real understanding of how you share your time, especially when two people’s careers are going at the same rate.

Or even if one person is more successful than the other, that also proves challenging.

There may be a competitive thing.

Years after their split, both would acknowledge the relationship’s fault lines.

The actress, speaking to Cosmopolitan UK, confessed that she hadn’t grasped the emotional scaffolding marriage demands: “I wasn’t prepared to hunker down and do the work,” she said.

Reynolds, for his part, shared in 2011 (via the Daily Mail) that he didn’t see himself getting “married again”.

He confessed:

I’m very happy not to be in a relationship right now.

That’s okay.

I didn’t plan on it, that’s for sure but that’s okay.

Well, he is now married to Blake Lively.

Scarlett Johansson’s second marriage to Romain Dauriac

Scarlett Johansson took a second swing at love with someone far removed from the movie marquee (per ABC News): Romain Dauriac.

By 2014, rings had been exchanged, and that same August, she stepped into motherhood with the birth of their daughter.

Just two months later, she and Dauriac quietly married (per The LA Times).

She is one of Hollywood’s most private A-listers when it comes to her relationships. Scarlett Johansson | Credit: TheEllenShow YouTube

And Johansson wasn’t coy about her affection.

Asked in 2015 what drew her to Dauriac, she shot straight (per Parade): “His brain.” Not his style, not his résumé, but the inner machinery of his mind.

She added:

He’s the smartest person I know.

I was attracted to the way that he thinks, his sense of irony, how he looks at things.

But they separated in the summer of 2016, and by March of the following year, Johansson had filed for divorce.

But the reason?

What caused Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac’s divorce?

Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow, posing in an action scene.
Black Widow | Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Scarlett Johansson once described the marriage as “irretrievably broken”.

In a rare public statement, the mother of two offered only this (via PEOPLE):

As a devoted mother and private person and with complete awareness that my daughter will one day be old enough to read the news about herself, I would only like to say that I will never, ever be commenting on the dissolution of my marriage.

There were no sensational tell-all interviews or leaked court documents to air their private matters.

Instead, Johansson chose to keep the details of their split under wraps.

Why Scarlett Johansson’s marriage to Colin Jost is different

The Black Widow actress currently shares a quiet lovely, grounded life with Jost and their son.
Scarlett Johansson & Colin Jost | Credits: Canal22, licensed under CC-BY-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

As mentioned earlier, Scarlett Johansson eventually got lucky and found a lasting match in her third and current husband, Colin Jost.

The two stepped into the public eye as a couple at the 2017 American Museum of Natural History Gala (per Huffpost).

In 2019, Jost proposed, and Johansson said yes.

A few months later, she gave a rare nod to their relationship during her sixth turn hosting SNL.

“This place means so much to me.

I have so many friends here, and I met the love of my life here,” she said in her monologue.

According to The Independent, they exchanged vows in 2020, quietly and without spectacle, at their home in Palisades, New York.

Instead of a press release, the announcement came via the Instagram page of Meals on Wheels America, which revealed the wedding with a message that reflected the couple’s priorities.

Their relationship has remained private, drama-free, and steady.

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost in an episode of Saturday Night Live | Credits: NBC

In 2021, Johansson welcomed her second child and her first with Jost.

When she appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2022, she didn’t gush, she glowed, offering this understated but resonant truth about love:

Just feeling seen by somebody else … just to be seen is what it’s all about.

It’s not a fairy tale, but it doesn’t have to be.

For Johansson, it’s real, it’s grounded, and apparently, it’s finally just right!

So, three marriages.

Two divorces.

Has Johansson finally cracked the code to love in the spotlight? Maybe! But we’ll say this: She seems calmer.

Happier.

More grounded.

And for someone who’s had to balance blockbuster franchises with baby bottles, we think that peace didn’t come easy or fast.

Do you think Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are endgame? Let’s see what the next act holds.